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Messiaen: Orchestral Works
Françoise Pollet (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Joela Jones (piano), Roger Muraro (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot) & Hélène Collerette (violin solo), Catherine Cournot (piano), Yvonne Loriod (piano) & Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano),...
Messiaen: Orchestral Works
Françoise Pollet (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Joela Jones (piano), Roger Muraro (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot) & Hélène Collerette (violin solo), Catherine Cournot (piano), Yvonne Loriod (piano) & Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano),...
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Spanning six decades, Messiaen’s orchestral and vocal-orchestral music embody one of the monuments of 20th-century music. Under Pierre Boulez and Myung-Whun Chung, here is the only available complete recording, on 10 CDs, of all these masterpieces, including classics like the Turangalila Symphony and From the Canyon to the Stars, as well as rarities like The Forgotten Offerings and the brief Chorus of the Departed. With new liner notes by Messiaen expert Nigel Simeone and full sung texts and translations
Artists
Françoise Pollet (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Joela Jones (piano), Roger Muraro (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot) & Hélène Collerette (violin solo), Catherine Cournot (piano), Yvonne Loriod (piano) & Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Thomas Prévost (flute), Robert Fontaine (clarinet), Eric Levionnois (violoncello), Francis Petit (marimba), Renaud Muzzolini (xylorimba) & Emmanuel Curt (vibraphone), Jan-Jacques Justafré (horn), Francis Petit (xylorimba) & Renaud Muzzolini (glockenspiel), Catherine Cantin (flute), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Yvonne Loriod (piano) & Mstislav Rostropovich (violoncello), Yvonne Loriod (piano)
The Cleveland Orchestra, Maîtrise de Radio France & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, BBC Chorus & BBC Chorus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chœur de Radio France & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & R.T.F. Choeur De Radio France, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir Andrew Davis, Riccardo Chailly, Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Contents and tracklist
- Françoise Pollet (soprano), Mark Buecker (videoscripteditor)
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 1994-11-14
- Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Mark Buecker (videoscripteditor)
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 1996-02-26
- Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
- Joela Jones (piano), Mark Buecker (videoscripteditor)
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 1996-02-26
- Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 2008-04
- Recording Venue: Maison De Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 2008-07-19
- Recording Venue: Maison De Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 2008-07-19
- Recording Venue: Maison De Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris
- Stephen Jackson (chorusdirector)
- Orchestre De La BBC, Choeurs De La BBC
- Sir Andrew Davis
- Recorded: 1995
- Yvonne Loriod (piano), Jeanne Loriod (ondesmartenot)
- Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 1990-10-25
- Recording Venue: Opéra Bastille, Paris
- Ludger Böckenhoff (videoscripteditor), Mark Buecker (videoscripteditor)
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 1993-03-08
- Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
- Ludger Böckenhoff (videoscripteditor), Mark Buecker (videoscripteditor)
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 1993-03-08
- Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
- Ludger Böckenhoff (videoscripteditor), Mark Buecker (videoscripteditor)
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 1993-03-08
- Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Riccardo Chailly
- Recorded: 1995-09-09
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- Philip White (chorusmaster), Roger Muraro (piano), Thomas Prévost (flute), Gérard Lemaire (marimba), Eric Levionnois (cello), Robert Fontaine (clarinet), Francis Petit (xylorimba), Renaud Muzzolini (vibraphone)
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Choeur de Radio France
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 2001-09-21
- Recording Venue: Radio France, Salle O. Messiaen, Paris
- Philip White (chorusmaster), Thomas Prévost (flute), Gérard Lemaire (marimba), Roger Muraro (piano), Eric Levionnois (cello), Robert Fontaine (clarinet), Francis Petit (xylorimba), Renaud Muzzolini (vibraphone), Gérard Lemaire (vocalist), Gérard Lemaire (actor)
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Choeur de Radio France
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 2001-09-21
- Recording Venue: Radio France, Salle O. Messiaen, Paris
- Roger Muraro (piano), Jean-Jacques Justafré (horn), Francis Petit (xylorimba), Renaud Muzzolini (glockenspiel)
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 2001-07-30
- Recording Venue: Maison De Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris